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TVR completes 20,000 mile road trip without failure (ish)

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TVR completes 20,000 mile road trip without failure (ish)

Post by MrPT » Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:27 pm

A man has driven a sports car across 21 countries, starting at the most northerly pub in the world and finishing at the most southerly.
Ben Coombs, 38, from Plymouth in Devon, drove 20,000 miles across three continents from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Chile.
It took him seven months to complete the challenge.
Mr Coombs described the final pub as "a dive", but said "it's the journey that matters, not the destination".
The idea for the adventure came while he was having a pint in a pub on Dartmoor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43056769

Looks like fun. :driving:
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TVR completes 20,000 mile road trip without failure (ish)

Post by buzyg » Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:12 pm

Love those. Must find that pub on Dartmoor and try the brew in my Zed. :D :thumbsup:
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Post by TomK » Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:10 pm

MrPT wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:27 pm
A man has driven a sports car across 21 countries, starting at the most northerly pub in the world and finishing at the most southerly.
Ben Coombs, 38, from Plymouth in Devon, drove 20,000 miles across three continents from the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Chile.
It took him seven months to complete the challenge.
Mr Coombs described the final pub as "a dive", but said "it's the journey that matters, not the destination".
The idea for the adventure came while he was having a pint in a pub on Dartmoor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43056769

Looks like fun. :driving:
It's really great in this anti IC car age that a big old V8 makes the front page of the beeb (probably a slow news day though to be fair!)
Great story, adventure and a great old British sports car to do it in :thumbsup: . Must have been a fantastic experience.
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TVR completes 20,000 mile road trip without failure (ish)

Post by Vonlipvig » Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:22 pm

buzyg wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:12 pmLove those. Must find that pub on Dartmoor and try the brew in my Zed. :D :thumbsup:
I wonder if it was the Warren House Inn just past Postbridge. Highest pub on the moor if I remember correctly and with a great steak and ale pie :thumbsup:
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TVR completes 20,000 mile road trip without failure (ish)

Post by buzyg » Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:07 pm

Vonlipvig wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:22 pm
buzyg wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:12 pmLove those. Must find that pub on Dartmoor and try the brew in my Zed. :D :thumbsup:
I wonder if it was the Warren House Inn just past Postbridge. Highest pub on the moor if I remember correctly and with a great steak and ale pie :thumbsup:
Could be, many fine pubs on the moor. :thumbsup: Not been back to the Warren House since the kids were small, 20 odd years ago I guess. :o
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